Best Online Dating Sites

When Your Love Life Is Going Great Next Month, This Will Be Why

March 15, 2016

A $2.2 billion industry as of 2016 in the USA alone, online dating has lost much of its former stigma and become increasingly the norm for people from all across the age spectrum. As with any lucrative industry, however, everybody wants a piece, and weighing the options -- like Match.com, LavaLife or AdultFriendFinder -- takes some scrutiny to weed out the bad apples from the good. We took a dive into the digital dating sea, from sites to dating apps, from the well-established to those on-the-rise, to unearth the gems that are the best hook up sites.

Think of this list like a tool belt -- there’s a proper tool for every job, it just depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. You may want to speed-date a bunch of people right away or you may want to chat online for a while before meeting in person; you may be open to meeting all different types of women or you may already know exactly what you’re looking for in a partner -- you may even just want to peruse the options.

Whether you were ever part of the online dating frenzy and were let down, or are wading in for the first time, this breakdown of some of the dating sites options currently on the market will help you choose your secret weapon for finding meaningful relationships. Some trends we noticed right off the bat? The last couple of years have been all about mobile apps (not a single dating site is without one at this point), and getting users to the “offline” date more quickly.

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